Galava Insists on a Teacher's Fee

Verse 1 (5.106.1)

अनर्थे जातनिर्बन्धं परार्थे लोभमोहितम् । अनार्यकेष्वभिरतं मरणे कृतनिश्चयम् ॥

anarthe jātanirbandhaṃ parārthe lobhamohitam | anāryakeṣvabhirataṃ maraṇe kṛtaniścayam

One who has set his heart stubbornly on what brings ruin, who is deluded by greed for what belongs to others, who delights in base men and has resolved upon death;

Note on the text: Corrected जातिनिर्बन्धं → जातनिर्बन्धं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ि — "one in whom obstinacy has arisen"; the critical edition reads jātanirbandhaṃ).

Verse 2 (5.106.2)

ज्ञातीनां दुःखकर्तारं बन्धूनां शोकवर्धनम् । सुहृदां क्लेशदातारं द्विषतां हर्षवर्धनम् ॥

jñātīnāṃ duḥkhakartāraṃ bandhūnāṃ śokavardhanam | suhṛdāṃ kleśadātāraṃ dviṣatāṃ harṣavardhanam

who brings grief to his kinsmen, swells the sorrow of his relations, gives pain to his friends and swells the joy of his enemies —

Verse 3 (5.106.3)

कथं नैनं विमार्गस्थं वारयन्तीह बान्धवाः । सौहृदाद्वा सुहृत्स्निग्धो भगवान्वा पितामहः ॥

kathaṃ nainaṃ vimārgasthaṃ vārayantīha bāndhavāḥ | sauhṛdādvā suhṛtsnigdho bhagavānvā pitāmahaḥ

why do his kinsmen not hold him back as he goes down the wrong road? Why does not a loving friend, out of friendship, or the revered grandsire?

Verse 4 (5.106.4)

उक्तं भगवता वाक्यमुक्तं भीष्मेण यत्क्षमम् । उक्तं बहुविधं चैव नारदेनापि तच्छृणु ॥

uktaṃ bhagavatā vākyamuktaṃ bhīṣmeṇa yatkṣamam | uktaṃ bahuvidhaṃ caiva nāradenāpi tacchṛṇu

The Blessed Lord spoke his words, and Bhishma said what was fitting. Narada too spoke to him at length and in many ways; hear that.

Verse 5 (5.106.5)

दुर्लभो वै सुहृच्छ्रोता दुर्लभश्च हितः सुहृत् । तिष्ठते हि सुहृद्यत्र न बन्धुस्तत्र तिष्ठते ॥

durlabho vai suhṛcchrotā durlabhaśca hitaḥ suhṛt | tiṣṭhate hi suhṛdyatra na bandhustatra tiṣṭhate

A friend who listens is hard to find, and hard to find is a friend who seeks one's good. For where a true friend stands firm, there a kinsman does not stand.

Note on the text: Corrected सुह्यद्यत्र → सुहृद्यत्र (misprint in Wikisource; ह्य for हृ; the critical edition reads suhṛd yatra).

Verse 6 (5.106.6)

श्रोतव्यमपि पश्यामि सुहृदां कुरुनन्दन । न कर्तव्यश्च निर्बन्धो निर्बन्धो हि सुदारुणः ॥

śrotavyamapi paśyāmi suhṛdāṃ kurunandana | na kartavyaśca nirbandho nirbandho hi sudāruṇaḥ

I hold, O delight of the Kurus, that the words of friends should be heard. One should not be obstinate, for obstinacy is a cruel thing indeed.

Note on the text: Corrected पश्यापि → पश्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; पि for मि; the critical edition reads paśyāmi).

Verse 7 (5.106.7)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । यथा निर्बन्धतः प्राप्तो गालवेन पराजयः ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | yathā nirbandhataḥ prāpto gālavena parājayaḥ

On this they tell an ancient tale: how Galava met with defeat through his obstinacy.

Verse 8 (5.106.8)

विश्वामित्रं तपस्यन्तं धर्मो जिज्ञासया पुरा । अभ्यगच्छत्स्वयं भूत्वा वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः ॥

viśvāmitraṃ tapasyantaṃ dharmo jijñāsayā purā | abhyagacchatsvayaṃ bhūtvā vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ

Long ago, while Vishvamitra was practising austerities, Dharma himself came to him to test him, having become the blessed seer Vasishtha.

Verse 9 (5.106.9)

सप्तर्षीणामन्यतमं वेषमास्थाय भारत । बुभुक्षुः क्षुधितो राजन्नाश्रमं कौशिकस्य तु ॥

saptarṣīṇāmanyatamaṃ veṣamāsthāya bhārata | bubhukṣuḥ kṣudhito rājannāśramaṃ kauśikasya tu

Taking the guise of one of the Seven Seers, O Bharata, he came, hungry and wanting food, to the hermitage of Kaushika, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected बभुक्षुः → बुभुक्षुः (misprint in Wikisource; the desiderative of भुज् is बुभुक्षु; the critical edition reads bubhukṣuḥ).

Verse 10 (5.106.10)

विश्वामित्रोऽथ संभ्रान्तः श्रपयामास वै चरुम् । परमान्नस्य यत्नेन न च तं प्रत्यपालयत् ॥

viśvāmitro'tha saṃbhrāntaḥ śrapayāmāsa vai carum | paramānnasya yatnena na ca taṃ pratyapālayat

Vishvamitra, flustered, set about cooking charu with great care, the finest of foods; but the guest did not wait for him.

Verse 11 (5.106.11)

अन्नं तेन यदा भुक्तमन्यैर्दत्तं तपस्विभिः । अथ गृह्यान्नमत्युष्णं विश्वामित्रोऽप्युपागमत् ॥

annaṃ tena yadā bhuktamanyairdattaṃ tapasvibhiḥ | atha gṛhyānnamatyuṣṇaṃ viśvāmitro'pyupāgamat

When he had eaten food given him by other ascetics, Vishvamitra came up to him, bringing the food piping hot.

Note on the text: Corrected गृह्णान्नमत्युष्णं → गृह्यान्नमत्युष्णं (misprint in Wikisource; ण for य — गृह्य + अन्नम्, "taking the food"; the critical edition reads gṛhyānnam).

Verse 12 (5.106.12)

भुक्तं मे तिष्ठ तावत्त्वमित्युक्त्वा भगवान्ययौ । विश्वामित्रस्ततो राजन्स्थित एव महाद्युतिः ॥

bhuktaṃ me tiṣṭha tāvattvamityuktvā bhagavānyayau | viśvāmitrastato rājansthita eva mahādyutiḥ

"I have eaten; wait here a while," said the blessed one, and went away. And Vishvamitra of great splendour, O king, stood just where he was,

Verse 13 (5.106.13)

भक्तं प्रगृह्य मूर्ध्ना वै बाहुभ्यां संशितव्रतः । स्थितः स्थाणुरिवाभ्याशे निश्चेष्टो मारुताशनः ॥

bhaktaṃ pragṛhya mūrdhnā vai bāhubhyāṃ saṃśitavrataḥ | sthitaḥ sthāṇurivābhyāśe niśceṣṭo mārutāśanaḥ

holding the food on his head with both arms, firm in his vow, standing near the hermitage like a post, motionless, living on air.

Verse 14 (5.106.14)

तस्य शुश्रूषणे यत्नमकरोद्गालवो मुनिः । गौरवाद्बहुमानाच्च हार्देन प्रियकाम्यया ॥

tasya śuśrūṣaṇe yatnamakarodgālavo muniḥ | gauravādbahumānācca hārdena priyakāmyayā

The sage Galava took pains to serve him, out of reverence, high esteem and heartfelt love, wishing to please him.

Verse 15 (5.106.15)

अथ वर्षशते पूर्णे धर्मः पुनरुपागमत् । वासिष्ठं वेषमास्थाय कौशिकं भोजनेप्सया ॥

atha varṣaśate pūrṇe dharmaḥ punarupāgamat | vāsiṣṭhaṃ veṣamāsthāya kauśikaṃ bhojanepsayā

Then, when a full hundred years had passed, Dharma came again to Kaushika in the guise of Vasishtha, wanting food.

Verse 16 (5.106.16)

स दृष्ट्वा शिरसा भक्तं ध्रियमाणं महर्षिणा । तिष्ठता वायुभक्षेण विश्वामित्रेण धीमता ॥

sa dṛṣṭvā śirasā bhaktaṃ dhriyamāṇaṃ maharṣiṇā | tiṣṭhatā vāyubhakṣeṇa viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā

He saw the food being held on the head by the great seer, the wise Vishvamitra, who stood there living on air.

Verse 17 (5.106.17)

प्रतिगृह्य ततो धर्मस्तथैवोष्णं तथा नवम् । भुक्त्वा प्रीतोऽस्मि विप्रर्षे तमुक्त्वा स मुनिर्गतः ॥

pratigṛhya tato dharmastathaivoṣṇaṃ tathā navam | bhuktvā prīto'smi viprarṣe tamuktvā sa munirgataḥ

Then Dharma took the food, as hot and as fresh as ever, and ate it. "I am pleased, brahmin seer," he said to him, and the sage went away.

Note on the text: Added the avagraha in प्रीतोस्मि → प्रीतोऽस्मि (प्रीतः + अस्मि; the critical edition reads prīto 'smi).

Verse 18 (5.106.18)

क्षत्रभावादपगतो ब्राह्मणत्वमुपागतः । धर्मस्य वचनात्प्रीतो विश्वामित्रस्तथाऽभवत् ॥

kṣatrabhāvādapagato brāhmaṇatvamupāgataḥ | dharmasya vacanātprīto viśvāmitrastathā'bhavat

By Dharma's word Vishvamitra passed out of the kshatriya state and attained brahminhood, and he rejoiced.

Verse 19 (5.106.19)

विश्वामित्रस्तु शिष्यस्य गालवस्य तपस्विनः । शुश्रूषया च भक्त्या च प्रीतिमानित्युवाच ह ॥

viśvāmitrastu śiṣyasya gālavasya tapasvinaḥ | śuśrūṣayā ca bhaktyā ca prītimānityuvāca ha

Then Vishvamitra, pleased with the service and devotion of his disciple, the ascetic Galava, spoke thus:

Note on the text: The critical edition divides this stretch differently: this verse is CE 5.104.19abcd (reading tam for ह).

Verse 20 (5.106.20)

अनुज्ञातो मया वत्स यथेष्टं गच्छ गालव । इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचेदं गालवो मुनिसत्तमम् ॥

anujñāto mayā vatsa yatheṣṭaṃ gaccha gālava | ityuktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ gālavo munisattamam

"You have my leave, my child; go where you please, Galava." So addressed, Galava answered the best of sages,

Note on the text: Corrected गवालव → गालव (misprint in Wikisource; a stray व; the critical edition reads gālava). The first line is CE 5.104.19ef and the second CE 5.104.20ab.

Verse 21 (5.106.21)

प्रीतो मधुरया वाचा विश्वामित्रं महाद्युतिम् । दक्षिणाः काः प्रयच्छामि भवते गुरुकर्मणि ॥

prīto madhurayā vācā viśvāmitraṃ mahādyutim | dakṣiṇāḥ kāḥ prayacchāmi bhavate gurukarmaṇi

speaking with pleasure, in a sweet voice, to the splendid Vishvamitra: "What fee shall I give you for your work as my teacher?

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.104.20cd and the second CE 5.104.21ab (reading dakṣiṇāṃ kāṃ for दक्षिणाः काः).

Verse 22 (5.106.22)

दक्षिणाभिरुपेतं हि कर्म सिद्ध्यति मानद । दक्षिणानां हि दाता वै अपवर्गेण युज्यते ॥

dakṣiṇābhirupetaṃ hi karma siddhyati mānada | dakṣiṇānāṃ hi dātā vai apavargeṇa yujyate

For a rite succeeds only when it is joined with its fee, O giver of honour; and it is the giver of the fee who is joined with its fruit.

Note on the text: Speaker: Galava's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried नारद). The first line is CE 5.104.21cd (reading mānavam for मानद) and the second CE 5.104.22ab (reading sṛṣṭānām apavargeṇa bhujyate).

Verse 23 (5.106.23)

स्वर्गे क्रतुफलं तद्धि दक्षिणा शान्तिरुच्यते । किमाहरामि गुर्वर्थं ब्रवीतु भगवानिति ॥

svarge kratuphalaṃ taddhi dakṣiṇā śāntirucyate | kimāharāmi gurvarthaṃ bravītu bhagavāniti

That is the fruit of sacrifice in heaven; the fee is called peace. What shall I bring for my teacher? Let the blessed one tell me."

Note on the text: Speaker: Galava, without a printed heading. CE 5.104.22cdef (reading sadbhir for तद्धि).

Verse 24 (5.106.24)

स जानानस्तु भगवान्खिन्नं शुश्रूषणेन वै । विश्वामित्रस्तमसकृद्गच्छ गच्छेत्यचोदयत् ॥

sa jānānastu bhagavānkhinnaṃ śuśrūṣaṇena vai | viśvāmitrastamasakṛdgaccha gacchetyacodayat

The blessed Vishvamitra, knowing he was worn out by his service, urged him again and again: "Go, go."

Verse 25 (5.106.25)

असकृद्गच्छगच्छेति विश्वामित्रेण भाषितः । किं ददानीति बहुशो गालवः प्रत्यभाषत ॥

asakṛdgacchagaccheti viśvāmitreṇa bhāṣitaḥ | kiṃ dadānīti bahuśo gālavaḥ pratyabhāṣata

Though Vishvamitra told him again and again, "Go, go," Galava answered many times over, "What shall I give?"

Verse 26 (5.106.26)

निर्बन्धतस्तु बहुशो गालवस्य तपस्विनः । किंचिदागतसंरम्भो विश्वामित्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥

nirbandhatastu bahuśo gālavasya tapasvinaḥ | kiṃcidāgatasaṃrambho viśvāmitro'bravīdidam

At the ascetic Galava's repeated insistence, Vishvamitra, growing somewhat angry, said this:

Verse 27 (5.106.27)

एकतःश्यामकर्णानां हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् । अष्टौ शतानि मे देहि गच्छ गालव मा चिरम् ॥

ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṃ hayānāṃ candravarcasām | aṣṭau śatāni me dehi gaccha gālava mā ciram

"Give me eight hundred horses as bright as the moon, each with one ear dark. Go, Galava, and do not delay."

Note on the text: Speaker: Vishvamitra's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried नारद). CE 5.104.26, which orders the words differently (śatāny aṣṭau dadasva me / hayānāṃ candraśubhrāṇāṃ).